NINE QUESTIONS FOR SARAWAK REPORT: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK

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CONFESSIONS AND LIES - NEW STRAITS TIMES

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This accusation is yet another twisted lie from New Straits Times, who [sic.] have [sic.] also lied that they [sic.] have tried to contact Sarawak Report* for advance comment on their [sic.] defamatory stories.

No one from PKR offered to pay Justo – they all laughed at the money he was asking and said if they had such money there was [sic.] a queue of things to spend it on.

Yesterday New Straits Times extrapolated, twisted and altered meanings of private texts, as journalists were working diligently to draw out vital information from the crooks at PetroSaudi, who had fortunately fallen out with each other.

Now they are working off “confessions’ [sic.] made by Justo as he tries to please his captors in order to get out of jail.

Why are [sic.] NST trying to protect crooks?

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[1: EPISODES / CLARE AND CULLEN–THE DO-SI-DO – "We do not know whether Cullen Johnson/Dirk Pitt is a genuine battler against high-level corruption (entirely possible) or someone hired to lure us into a trap (equally possible)." - Sarawak Report, May 8, 2013]

[1A: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN – "[Johnson and White] concocted bogus and stunningly realistic international banking information that would lead one party to believe the other had millions of dollars in assets offshore in places like the Channel Islands or the Cayman Islands. Over a period of time, the detectives would charge increasingly higher fees in return for more “banking information.” Often that information was presented in court as real and it took lawyers and judges years to understand it was false." - Toronto Star, January 17, 2014]

[2: VISUAL AIDS / EXHIBIT 3 – "Squeezed out - former partner Ting Check Sii is looking for the return of his investment." - Sarawak Report, January 27, 2015]

[2A: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN – "Tanaka is in substance, Dato Ting [Check Sii]’s mouthpiece...I completely reject Tanaka’s contention on the Oral Agreements. There is simply no credible evidence to substantiate the existence of the oral agreements at all material times...I need only outline a few broad reasons here...Tanaka’s case was originally premised on the purported directors’ resolutions of 1993 and 1994, which I find to be fabricated." - Justice Edmund Leow of The High Court of Singapore for 'Suit No 783 of 2012', June 29, 2015]

[3: CURRENT / #ICYMI: CLARE ADMITS TO CONSPIRACY RING, DEFRAUDING JUSTO – "[Justo and I] talked about his feelings and his desire to do the right thing by Malaysia often. There was never any talk but of getting out the truth." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - Malaysia Chronicle, July 25, 2015]

[4: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN –"I further request that Mr Justo is given all the protection due to a whistleblower in this situation and that proper steps are taken to investigate a grave financial fraud in which PetroSaudi International has played a major role." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - Sarawak Report, July 24, 2015]

[4A: BREAKING / JUSTO TO APPEAL 3-YEAR SENTENCE – "I am not a whistle-blower. I want people to know the real story, not just anything and everything written about me." - Xavier Justo - The Straits Times, September 3, 2015]

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Clearly they are from the Lester Melanyi school of journalism!

- Sarawak Report

*Sarawak Report frequently fails to contact many of their subject matter, even when knowingly publishing misleading and untrue information.

('Confessions and Lies – New Straits Times.' - Sarawak Report Talkback, September 8, 2015)

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The NINE QUESTIONS Blog notes with enthusiastic shrieks of laughter as we peruse this latest, seemingly scathing, yet obtuse response by Sarawak Report – possibly from lack of sleep, as they need to follow events in a place that's so far as daytime would become nighttime.

Sarawak Report and Clare Rewcastle Brown are probably breaking their keyboards one by one, as they attempt to shoot out one ridiculous defence after another–following the bizzarely Santayanan turn of recent events, perusable below.

We also note Sarawak Report's amateurish attempt with great interest, as they reveal a lot more than Clare Brown had intended with this sweetly short retort.

An excerpt:

"No one from PKR offered to pay Justo – they all laughed at the money he was asking and said if they had such money there was a queue of things to spend it on."

- Sarawak Report, September 8, 2015

So, Clare Rewcastle Brown, who in PKR did meet or corresponded with Justo after all, in order to complete the conspiracy ring? And what of "Monseiur Poi"? Not forgetting the oddly invisible "I.T. Guy". Wasn't he there as well?

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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With Brown at the center of the storm, it is apparent that the fourth condition of the UK Criminal Law Act 1977 Section 1A would amply be satisfied, in the Panel's humble reckoning:

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[1: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (5) The fourth condition is that— (a) a party to the agreement, or a party’s agent, did anything in England and Wales in relation to the agreement before its formation, or (b) a party to the agreement became a party in England and Wales (by joining it either in person or through an agent), or (c) a party to the agreement, or a party’s agent, did or omitted anything in England and Wales in pursuance of the agreement. " - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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The Panel also finds Articles (6) and (7) some of our favourites, as they seem to have been written with Clare Rewcastle Brown in mind:

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[1: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (6) In the application of this Part of this Act to an agreement in the case of which each of the above conditions is satisfied, a reference to an offence is to be read as a reference to what would be the offence in question but for the fact that it is not an offence triable in England and Wales. (7) Conduct punishable under the law in force in any country or territory is an offence under that law for the purposes of this section, however it is described in that law." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

[2: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1– The offence of conspiracy. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either— (a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or (b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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In the next post, we shall explore other offences that Clare Rewcastle Brown may be liable to face in an English court of law, and in other jurisdictions. A fair trial is precisely what the NINE QUESTIONS Panel would like to take place for Ms Brown, and we pray for nothing more, and nothing less.

So help us, God.

Enjoy the following caviar before bedtime.

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RELATED: JUSTO: NURUL IZZAH WANTED TO BUY DATA–EXCLUSIVE
REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

KUALA LUMPUR, September 8, 2015–

DETAILS of investigations into the case of former PetroSaudi employee Xavier Andre Justo, including from his written confession made on his own free will and volition, have revealed that Nurul Izzah Anwar was keen on buying data on 1Malaysia Development Bhd he had stolen in 2011.

The Lembah Pantai member of parliament (MP) was, however, not the choice potential buyer for Justo, who confessed to being consumed by greed. He had wanted US$2 million (RM8.7 million) for the data in cash.

When Nurul Izzah offered to pay him instead with contracts that would come in if the opposition succeeded in taking power from Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration, Justo balked and turned it down, the confession suggested.

Justo claimed that Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown was acting as his broker and that she was the one who brought Nurul Izzah into the picture.

“Around September 2014, Clare contacted me and invited me in (sic) Bangkok. She said the daughter of (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim was interested in buying the data.

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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“I declined as Nurul wanted to pay US$2 million in future government contracts when they come into power, instead of cash. I declined the offer as I saw no purpose for it.”

The New Straits Times called Nurrul Izzah repeatedly to get her reaction but could not get through. WhatsApp messages went unanswered.

She (Rewcastle-Brown) tried a few buyers, including the entourage of Anwar Ibrahim, but wasn’t successful, Justo said in the confession he made to Thai authorities on June 26.

He said Rewcastle-Brown, who had told him that he would make a few million from this, then contacted him in February to say that she, together with Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, had arranged the sale of the stolen data to The Edge media group owner, Datuk Tong Kooi Ong, and that a meeting would take place soon.

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[1: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES -"11– Obtaining services dishonestly. (2) A person obtains services in breach of this subsection if– (a) they are made available on the basis that the payment has been, is being, or will be made for or in respect of them, (b) he obtains them without any payment having been made for or in respect of them or without payment having been made in full, and (c) when he obtains them, he knows– (i) that they are being made available on the basis described in paragraph (a), or (ii) that they might be, but intends that payment will not be made, or will not be made in full." - UK FRAUD ACT 2006, August 16, 2015]

[2: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "No one from PKR offered to pay Justo – they all laughed at the money he was asking and said if they had such money there was a queue of things to spend it on." - Sarawak Report, September 8, 2015]

[3: CURRENT / #ICYMI: CLARE ADMITS TO CONSPIRACY RING, DEFRAUDING JUSTO – "But when it emerged they were not paying Justo, I had to deal with a lot of upset from him (Justo). I did not want to have anything to do with it but offered to try and mediate. It did not come to anything." - Clare Rewcastle Brown, July 25, 2015]

[4: BREAKING / BUSINESSMAN AT CENTER OF MAJOR MALAYSIAN CORRUPTION SCANDAL IS JAILED IN THAILAND – “I did pursue him doggedly to get the material. In the end he surrendered it for free." - Clare Rewcastle Brown, August 17, 2015]

[5: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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Pua’s name cropped up several times in Justo’s written confession and transcript of the three-month long WhatsApp conversations involving Rewcastle-Brown, Justo, Tong and Ho Kay Tat, who had allegedly set up the thread.

These conversations were also traced to the Thai authority’s investigations into Justo’s case of blackmailing and extorting his former employer. The transcripts suggested that when Tong and Ho appeared to be stalling the payment of the US$2 million promised to Justo, Rewcastle-Brown told him that she would get Pua to come in.

According to the transcript, on March 19, at 8.12am, Rewcastle-Brown, in a private WhatsApp chat with Justo to discuss the stalled transaction, had told him that “I am seeing Tony Pua this evening. He is a very influential person in their community and was the person who put me in touch. He will give me an insight into what is happening...”

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1– The offence of conspiracy. (2) Where liability for any offence may be incurred without knowledge on the part of the person committing it of any particular fact or circumstance necessary for the commission of the offence, a person shall nevertheless not be guilty of conspiracy to commit that offence by virtue of subsection (1) above unless he and at least one other party to the agreement intend or know that that fact or circumstance shall or will exist at the time when the conduct constituting the offence is to take place." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

[2: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "No one from PKR offered to pay Justo – they all laughed at the money he was asking and said if they had such money there was a queue of things to spend it on." - Sarawak Report, September 8, 2015]

[3: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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Justo, in his confession, spoke about payment agreements that had been reneged on because Ho and Tong were shifting goalposts.

According to details of the investigation, in the WhatsApp group named “Meet”, Justo had, on March 19 at 7.12am, retorted to Ho: “So you are telling me that you are not going to pay me as agreed in the bank that i have because you feel that this will expose you? I will then have no choice that to (sic) expose the truth.”

The transcript suggested that Ho had responded with, among others: “That exposes us and that makes it difficult for us to do a direct transaction... especially in Abu Dhabi, of all places!!”

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[2: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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Justo, in his confession made from the Bangkok remand prison, said the four used codenames in the WhatsApp group. “Fullerton” was Justo, as that was the name of the hotel in Singapore where he met Tong and his associates, and handed the stolen data with the promise of being paid later.

Rewcastle-Brown’s was Athene Ban (for the Athénée Bangkok hotel) because that was where she and Justo met for the first time. Justo claimed that the name “Ho Kay Tat” registered in the group referred to both Tong and Ho, saying they were using Ho’s phone to communicate with him and Rewcastle-Brown.

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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It was not too long before Justo was picked up by Thai authorities that everyone in the group agreed that Justo would be paid through Rewcastle-Brown.

“It would involve Tong paying her US$2 million in the United Kingdom, and her paying me a monthly amount disguised as a consultancy fee via the Sarawak Report, which she owns.

“She proposed that I open a newsdesk for the Southeast Asia region for which she would pay me US$350,000 followed by another US$1.25 million later.

“I am aware and fully acknowledge that this would constitute money laundering. However, I have not received any money.”

In the investigation documents, Justo had allegedly said Rewcastle-Brown had asked her UK lawyers to make arrangements for that purpose and that he was arrested while waiting for the payment to come through.

Justo had said that he had no idea if Rewcastle-Brown eventually got the money. The Swiss national, who confessed to being remorseful, said he had told Rewcastle-Brown that he would be breaching confidentiality undertakings in his settlement agreement with PetroSaudi by selling the data.

Rewcastle-Brown allegedly responded that she was experienced in handling stolen data without anyone finding out.

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[1: CURRENT / CLARE AND CULLEN–THE DO-SI-DO – "Therefore, it was only after strikingly similar financial information [from Cullen Johnson] was submitted in a court hearing related to Abu Bekir’s divorce and then printed in all the Malaysian media, that we too subsequently quoted what the Malaysian media reported had been said in court...Here is the full story of what happened and readers should indeed prepare for a truly ugly tale, involving theft, hacking, dirty PR and smear tactics. It all began when shortly before the general election in 2013 my mobile phone was pickpocketed at night in my home street in London. On this phone were my skype and gmail messages." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - Sarawak Report, January 10, 2015]

[2: 'Island-hopping private eyes indicted on fraud, money laundering charges.' – "Emails intercepted by the IRS also helped the case. In an affidavit filed by special agent Brian Pelfrey, he describes how the emails, obtained using a search warrant, showed that [Cullen] Johnson, White and Grontis were discussing the “preparation” of the banking reports." - Toronto Star, April 12, 2013]

[3: 'Ontario detectives Cullen Johnson and Elaine White jailed in the U.S.' – "They concocted bogus and stunningly realistic international banking information that would lead one party to believe the other had millions of dollars in assets offshore in places like the Channel Islands or the Cayman Islands. Over a period of time, the detectives would charge increasingly higher fees in return for more “banking information.” Often that information was presented in court as real and it took lawyers and judges years to understand it was false." - Toronto Star, January 17, 2014]

[4: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES - "2– Fraud by false representation; (2) A representation is false if— (b) the person making it knows that it is, or might be, untrue or misleading." - UK FRAUD ACT 2006, August 16, 2015]

[5: MAHMUD TAIB: EXAGGERATED WEALTH NOT REAL, BUT FORGERIES MASQUERADING AS HACKS – “It saddens me that my divorce, which is painful enough for all, should have been hijacked by politicians and activists, and used to disseminate falsehoods under the cover of this respected court.” - Dato Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, August 17, 2015]

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He also claimed in the written confession that Rewcastle-Brown had declined payment from him for being the broker, saying she wanted to bring down the prime minister (Datuk Seri Najib Razak), and that “would be payment enough”.

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[2A: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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When the NST contacted Pua yesterday by phone, just after noon, he asked that he be contacted via SMS or WhatsApp.

Pua, who sat in the Public Accounts Committee looking into the 1MDB investigation, did not respond to the NST's questions on his alleged involvement and if he stood by his past statements where he said he had never heard of Justo, until the Thais arrested him in late June.

The details of the investigation also suggested that Tong and Ho were not agreeable to the payment channels that Justo had suggested, saying that dealing with these financial institutions would expose them.

The parties concerned later came to an agreement that Tong would buy a stake in Rewcastle-Brown’s Sarawak Report.

Yesterday, Tong and Ho issued a statement denying any involvement in any conspiracy to topple the prime minister.

The duo said neither they nor The Edge Media Group had any political agenda when they published articles on 1MDB, adding that none of their articles contained any political spin.

('Justo: Nurul Izzah wanted to buy data–EXCLUSIVE.' - New Straits Times, September 8, 2015)

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RELATED: NURUL IZZAH: I NEVER MADE AN OFFER TO JUSTO
REPORTED BY NEW STRAITS TIMES

KUALA LUMPUR, September 8, 2015–

Lembah Pantai member of parliament (MP) Nurul Izzah Anwar has denied offering US$2million (RM8.7 million) to former Petro Saudi employee Xavier Andre Justo in future government contracts when the opposition came in power.

“I have never met him,” she said in a statement, adding that the report by the New Straits Times today was just an attempt to connect the opposition to Justo and shift away attention from 1Malaysia Development Berhad and RM2.6 billion issue.

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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She claims that the NST and Berita Harian front-page story was reported in a sensationalised manner.

She said she had already instructed her lawyers to commence legal proceedings against the NST and Berita Harian*.

*The NINE QUESTIONS Panel feels that Ms Nurul Izzah Anwar commences legal proceedings against Xavier Justo as the source of the claim, instead of throttling the media.

('Nurul Izzah: I never made an offer to Justo.' - New Straits Times, September 8, 2015)

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RELATED: JUSTO CLAIMS NURUL IZZAH OFFERED GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR DATA ON 1MDB
REPORTED BY THE RAKYAT POST

KUALA LUMPUR (NEW STRAITS TIMES), September 8, 2015–

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar was keen on buying stolen data on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), convicted former PetroSaudi employee Xavier Andre Justo revealed.

In an exclusive by the New Straits Times, which also based its reports on investigation details into Justo’s case, the Lembah Pantai lawmaker was, however, not considered as the choice potential buyer.

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[2A: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (11) Any act done by means of a message (however communicated) is to be treated for the purposes of the fourth condition as done in England and Wales if the message is sent or received in England and Wales. (12) In any proceedings in respect of an offence triable by virtue of this section, it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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When Nurul Izzah allegedly offered to pay him with contracts that would come in if the Opposition succeeded in becoming the government, the Swiss national turned it down, according to a confession by Justo.

Justo, the English daily reported, also claimed that Sarawak Report editor Clare-Rewcastle Brown was acting as his broker.

“Around September 2014, Clare contacted me and invited me in (sic) Bangkok. She said the daughter of Anwar Ibrahim was interested in buying the data.

“I declined as Nurul wanted to pay US$2 million (RM8.7 million) in future government contracts when they come into power, instead of cash.

“I declined the offer as I saw no purpose for it,” NST quoted Justo as saying in his confession.

Justo had also allegedly confessed that Rewcastle-Brown had along with DAP lawmaker Tony Pua arranged the sale of the stolen data to The Edge media group owner, Datuk Tong Kooi Ong.

Pua’s name, the NST reported, “had cropped up several times” in Justo’s written confession and transcript of the three-month long WhatsApp conversations involving Rewcastle-Brown, Justo, Tong and the Edge Media’s Ho Kay Tat.

Transcripts, the daily reported, suggested that when Tong and Ho were seemingly stalling payment of the sum promised to Justo, Rewcastle-Brown apparently told him that she would “get Pua to come in”.

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In his confession, Justo touched on payment agreements that had been reneged because Ho and Tong “were shifting goalposts”.

Justo, the NST wrote, had on March 19 allegedly messaged Ho:

“So you are telling me that you are not going to pay me as agreed in the bank that I have because you feel that this will expose you? I will then have no choice that to (sic) expose the truth.” The transcript suggested, the daily said, that Ho had allegedly responded, among others, that it would expose them and make it difficult for them to do a direct transaction.

Justo is currently serving a three-year imprisonment for attempting to blackmail his former employer.

It has also been previously reported that Ho and Tong had admitted to misleading Justo in promising payments in exchange for stolen information on 1MDB, claiming that it was to get hold of the evidence to expose the scandal involving the Finance Ministry-owned entity.

('Justo claims Nurul Izzah offered government contracts for data on 1MDB.' - The Rakyat Post, September 8, 2015)

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RELATED: MORE PAID 'CONFESSIONS' FROM JUSTO? NOW NAJIB'S MEDIA ACCUSES NURUL IZZAH OF OFFERING CONTRACTS FOR INFO
REPORTED BY MALAYSIA CHRONICLE

(MALAYSIAKINI), September 8, 2015–

PKR’s Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is alleged to have offered former Petro Saudi employee Xavier Justo US$2 million (RM8.7 million) in government contracts in exchange for information, the New Straits Times (NST) reported.

He allegedly stole from his employer regarding state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the daily reported.

According to the NST, Justo in his written confession said Rewcastle-Brown contacted him in September 2014 to relay Nurul Izzah’s offer but he declined because he “saw no purpose for it”.

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This is the the Umno-linked daily's second instalment on the matter, yesterday reporting that Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewscastle-Brown acted as Justo’s broker.

It reported that Nurul Izzah was unreachable for comment. Malaysiakini’s calls and text messages to the PKR vice president today has yet to be answered.

Rewcastle-Brown yesterday said it is true she "sounded out" various quarters** on Justo’s offer but denied taking any payment for it.

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Justo is under arrest in Thailand, after leaking the information to business publication The Edgewhich had promised but failed to pay him for the information.

The data included e-mail communications between PetroSaudi and 1MDB, which among others revealed how funds moved from 1MDB to a firm controlled by businessman and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s family friend Jho Low.

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Pua: I'm not involved in transactions

Justo said Rewcastle-Brown contacted him again in February 2015 to say that she and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua had arranged the sale of the stolen data to the now suspended business publication The Edge, the NST reported.

When contacted by Malaysiakini on the matter, Pua said he introduced Rewcastle-Brown to The Edge top guns, but was not privy to the leaks or any transactions.

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The NST said Pua did not respond to its questions.

Justo said he handed over the data to The Edge media group Tong Kooi Ong at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore and the payment of US$2 million (RM8.7 million) was to be made through Rewcastle-Brown, it reported.

"It would involve Tong paying her US$2 million in the United Kingdom, and her paying me a monthly amount disguised as a consultancy fee via the Sarawak Report, which she owns," Justo is quoted as saying.

"She proposed that I open a newsdesk for the Southeast Asia region for which she would pay me US$350,000 followed by another US$1.25 million later."

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "1– The offence of conspiracy. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either— (a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or (b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

[2: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (1) Where each of the following conditions is satisfied in the case of an agreement, this Part of this Act has effect in relation to the agreement as it has effect in relation to an agreement falling within section 1(1) above. (2) The first condition is that the pursuit of the agreed course of conduct would at some stage involve— (a) an act by one or more of the parties, or (b) the happening of some other event, intended to take place in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. (3) The second condition is that that act or other event constitutes an offence under the law in force in that country or territory. (4) The third condition is that the agreement would fall within section 1(1) above as an agreement relating to the commission of an offence but for the fact that the offence would not be an offence triable in England and Wales if committed in accordance with the parties’ intentions. (5) The fourth condition is that— (a) a party to the agreement, or a party’s agent, did anything in England and Wales in relation to the agreement before its formation, or (b) a party to the agreement became a party in England and Wales (by joining it either in person or through an agent), or (c) a party to the agreement, or a party’s agent, did or omitted anything in England and Wales in pursuance of the agreement. (6) In the application of this Part of this Act to an agreement in the case of which each of the above conditions is satisfied, a reference to an offence is to be read as a reference to what would be the offence in question but for the fact that it is not an offence triable in England and Wales. (7) Conduct punishable under the law in force in any country or territory is an offence under that law for the purposes of this section, however it is described in that law." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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Yesterday, Tong denied claims of conspiracy to topple Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

**Who are these "various quarters" that Clare seems to be protecting tooth and nail, at the risk of further injuring her legal position?

('MORE PAID 'CONFESSIONS' FROM JUSTO? Now Najib's media accuses Nurul Izzah of offering contracts for info.' - Malaysia Chronicle, September 8, 2015)

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RELATED: NURUL IZZAH TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NST, BH OVER JUSTO'S 1MDB CLAIMS
REPORTED BY THE MALAY MAIL

KUALA LUMPUR, September 8, 2015—

PKR’s Nurul Izzah Anwar said today that she has initiated legal action against Umno-linked papers the New Straits Times (NST) and sister publication Berita Harian over their reports quoting former PetroSaudi International (PSI) executive Xavier Andre Justo as saying that the PKR lawmaker had offered to buy stolen 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) data from him.

The English-language and Malay-language dailies respectively, which are published by The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) owned by the Media Prima media group, reported Justo as saying in a written confession that he had rejected Nurul Izzah’s alleged offer to buy the information on the state investment firm for US$2 million, in the form of future government contracts should Barisan Nasional (BN) lose power, as he had wanted cash.

“For the record, I categorically deny that I have ever offered US$2 million to Justo in future government contracts when the opposition came into power. I have never met him before,” Nurul Izzah said in a statement.

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[1: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "No one from PKR offered to pay Justo – they all laughed at the money he was asking and said if they had such money there was a queue of things to spend it on." - Sarawak Report, September 8, 2015]

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“The NST and Berita Harian have front-paged this complete lie in a sensationalised manner, and without any regard as to whether there is any truth in the allegations. I have accordingly instructed my solicitors to commence legal proceedings against the NST and Berita Harian,” the Lembah Pantai MP and PKR vice-president added.

NST also reported today Justo as saying that Clare Rewcastle-Brown, editor of London-based whistleblower site Sarawak Report, had acted as the intermediary between him and Nurul Izzah.

Justo pled guilty last month in Thailand to a charge of attempting to blackmail Saudi-based PSI over purportedly incriminating documents and was sentenced to three years’ jail.

Nurul Izzah stressed today that the issue was not about Justo’s theft of documents, but what the documents, together with reports by US-based paper the Wall Street Journal, Sarawak Report, and local business paper The Edge, said about corruption allegations surrounding 1MDB.

“Question 1: 1MDB borrowed RM42 billion...using sovereign guarantees of the Malaysian government. What have they got to show for it?

“Question 2: How did more than US$1 billion belonging to the PetroSaudi-1MDB joint venture end up in Jho Low’s companies’ accounts?

“Question 3: The RM2.6 billion (US$700 million), which was deposited in the prime minister’s personal account. Was it really from the so-called donor from the Middle East or was it the 1MDB billions returning full circle?” she said.

Nurul Izzah said such questions could be answered by Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bank accounts and the 1MDB money trail and that this was why PKR had filed for the discovery of documents in its suit against the prime minister over allegations of financial misappropriation involving 1MDB.

Among others, the suit seeks access to Najib’s monthly bank statements from 2009, receipt of RM2.6 billion from Tanore Finance Corp into his personal accounts, receipt of RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd into his personal accounts, documents, minutes, correspondence, records and agreements on SRC’s RM4 billion loan from Retirement Fund Incorporated, as well as all monthly bank statements for 1MDB and its subsidiaries accounts both in and out of the country.

The Wall Street Journal reported last July that almost US$700 million was moved around companies linked to 1MDB before it ended up in Najib’s personal bank accounts in March 2013, two months before the 13th general election.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has, however, said that the money did not come from 1MDB, but from Middle Eastern donors that it did not identify.

('Nurul Izzah takes legal action against NST, BH over Justo's 1MDB claims.' - The Malay Mail, September 8, 2015)

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The NINE QUESTIONS Blog will return with more facts.
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